The Great Perplexity Ad 'Experiment'

Perplexity may inadvertently solve an internet trust crisis. Plus: Ben Affleck's best AI take, what OpenAI pays for content, and ESPN's goofy avatar.

Perplexity has been super busy this fall, what with the hunt for funding, getting sued, and debuting ads. But it also has an underreported new feature that might be the key to fixing a big problem with today’s media ecosystem.

That's the main subject of today's newsletter, but I still can't contain my excitement about the announcement of the AI course fo…